ON EARTH: A FRAGILE EXISTENCE

April 02, 2022 to September 18, 2022

On Earth: A Fragile Existence highlights works from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s permanent collection that reflect a multi-layered understanding of humanity's role in our shared ecology with the non-human, or more-than-human, world. The Anthropocene, our current geological age in which human activity is the dominant influence on the natural world, is a time of both staggering environmental change and incredible innovation and discovery. As witnesses and participants in this era, artists observe, record, interpret, advocate, and imagine. The works on view are presented as guideposts in considering these complex and urgent issues and encourage reflection on one’s own place within our shared global ecology.